Ground stop at Boston Logan (BOS), Oct 16, 2026

EndedLow clouds halt departures to Boston Logan for 29 minutes

Started: Fri, Oct 16, 3:27 PM EDT19:27 UTC
Ended: Fri, Oct 16, 3:56 PM EDT19:56 UTC
Duration: 29 min
Cause: low ceilings

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What happened

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Cause: Clouds sat very low over Boston Logan, which makes it unsafe to keep planes moving at the normal pace, so departures were held.

Air traffic control issued a ground stop at Boston Logan at 19:27 UTC, holding departures from four air traffic control centers. The stop ended at 19:56 UTC, after 29 minutes, and the facts show no extension.

Impact by airline

Aircraft seen on the ground at BOS and holding nearby, by airline.

Airline	On ground	Holding
JetBlue B6	11	—
Delta Air Lines DL	7	—
Republic Airways YX	6	—
American Airlines AA	5	—
Allegiant Air G4	1	—
Air Canada AC	1	—
Lufthansa LH	1	—
FedEx Express FX	1	—
Cape Air KS	1	—
SAS SK	1	—
Southwest Airlines WN	1	—
Swiss LX	1	—
United Airlines UA	1	—
Contour Airlines VTE	1	—

Impact by region

Air traffic control centers whose departures to the airport were held.

Center	Status
Boston Center (ZBW)	Held
Washington Center (ZDC)	Held
New York Center (ZNY)	Held
Cleveland Center (ZOB)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 45 on the ground, 0 holding nearby.

On the ground Holding nearby

Timeline

Every change published while the ground stop was in effect, as seen each minute.

Oct 16, 3:27 PM EDT
Ground stop issued at BOS for low, until 4:30 pm EDT. Departures held from ZDC, ZNY, ZOB, ZBW.
Oct 16, 3:29 PM EDT
Reason changed to low ceilings.
Oct 16, 3:56 PM EDT
Ground stop ended after 29 min.

Advisories

The air traffic control advisories issued for this ground stop, as published.

ATCSCC ADVZY 126 BOS/ZBW 10/16/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: BOS
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1921Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 16/1911Z - 16/2030Z
CUMULATIVE PROGRAM PERIOD: 16/1730Z - 17/0459Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZDC ZNY ZOB ZBW  CYHZ CYOW CYUL
 CYYZ CYTZ CYQB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 362 / 66 / 16
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 1357 / 229 / 59
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / LOW CEILINGS
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

How it is measured

Status, timeline, cause and held centers: the national airspace status feed, checked every minute, and the air traffic control advisories it links to.
Delays by airline and region: departures and arrivals at BOS 30 or more minutes late, by their estimated delay against the schedule, sampled every 10 minutes while the stop is active and once more after it ends.
Totals and cancellations: arrival and departure boards for BOS, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at BOS; cancelled is the airline's cancelled status; codeshares count once. Flights scheduled from the start until an hour after the end are counted.
Held at origin: the same arrivals boards, which carry each flight's scheduled and actual departure from its origin. A flight is held when it is still scheduled, not departed, 15 or more minutes past its scheduled departure at a sample taken during the stop. In scope: its origin is in a held center or listed facility; flights from elsewhere are late for other reasons.
Inbound in the air: the same arrivals boards. At each board taken during the stop, a flight to BOS is in the air when it has departed (en route, or with an actual departure time) and not landed, cancelled or diverted; one still shown in the air over an hour past its arrival estimate, or departed more than 18 hours earlier, is treated as stale and left out.
Diversions: an inbound flight marked diverted during the stop or the wrap-up after it (not one marked before it could have departed), or one still shown in the air 30+ minutes past its arrival estimate that ADS-B (by its ICAO call sign) then found on the ground at another airport, not its origin. The diversion airport is the airport ADS-B found it at, else the updated destination. Cancellations never count. Regional flights flown under another call sign can't be found on ADS-B, so their diversion airport may be unknown.
Aircraft on the ground and holding: ADS-B positions around BOS, every 5 minutes; the airline is read from the call sign. Holding counts airline flights only (passenger, regional and cargo), not private, military or medical flights.
Weather: METARs, SIGMETs and weather alerts.
News: headline links filtered to this airport and these days; we show titles and links only.

Data sources are listed on the credits page.